Puerto Rican Cream of Wheat (Farina)

[glenthomas]

It's a lady where I'm at in the Bronx she sells it by the cup at a busy train station. Best stuff ever. Winter time I get the large. 😋

[mr.speyside]

I grew up on this. Bless my grandmas soul, she made it for me almost every morning. 🙏

[Tinayyy]

I remember as a child my mom would have me whisking the cream of wheat til my hands started hurting but it would come out so good every time. I don't know if it's a Caribbean thing but I love raisins and cinnamon sticks in my cream of wheat and oatmeal.

[noreliagaeta]

Takes me back to my childhood, when everything was simple. Thank you.

[DanaOrtiz]

I'm an American and never seen this before. It's kinda like oat meal I guess but I'm about to make my first bowl of this and used this video for reference. Thanks for this

[douglasjohn]

Looks good. I sometimes add a touch of french vanilla coffee creamer to the milk. YUM YUM LOL.

[nicolekobela]

My gma makes it..Slovak.. She puts butter in the milk...makes it a bit thicker and sprinkles cocoa powder and sugar on top

[belkisrazai]

It would taste better if you add butter...delicious!

[sunshinemix]

I thank u woman for this video it was so helpful my Puerto Rican mom is out of the state n I never really paid attention to when she made me this for me n it was my first time making it. I used this video as reference but gave it my own twist, instead of sugar I used a whole can of sweet n condensed milk, and instead of plain cow milk I used unsweetend vanilla almond milk.

[pequena_ninera]

I actually cut the recipe in half for one and adjusted it for the microwave. I had this once while living in Puerto Rico for 3 1/2 years. The lady of the house only made it once, but I really like it. I was sad when she didn't make it again, but I'm so happy to be able to make it for breakfast now. Thank you for the recipe.

[elgauchocharrua]

I make it the exact same way. Really hits the spot on a cold winter morning.👍

[jimmyostolaza]

Thank You. This takes me back to my early childhood.

[yarilizmorales]

Thank you. I tried what the box said. It tasted nasty I was thinking “my grandma never added water to this” but I still followed the instructions and I ended up throwing it away (I hate throwing away food) but it was that bad and now following your videos it tastes good brings back my childhood ❤️ thank you.

[michellebadillo]

yum.. :) i make farina and instead of milk i use almond milk! soy milk is also good. i just started to make it recently. my family made it a lot when i was little! <3

[rebel]

Vaya, la crianza fue rica con farina... Bendiciones corazón... por el video...

[pomfret]

This brings back so many good memories ❤thank you

[wandafelixbrillon]

I grew up with papillas/garchas in all flavors my grandmother and my mother taught me how to make them or cook them all it's 😋 delicious. Gracias abuela y mami❤🙏🙌❤👄👄 Bendicion.

[lukeskyflocka]

I'm Puerto Rican and my dad used to make this for me when I was younger, always brought back good memories I tried to make it before for my kids without asking my dad I guess because of Pride they did not like it so I made it your way and they ate a whole Bowl this morning so thank you girl new sub

[juniorortiz]

My aunt would always make this and would always wait to serve it after refrigerated. Best. Stuff. Ever.

[crazycocoapuff]

I grew up on this, and we would cook it with water. The best way was to cook it exactly as she said, until it was relatively thick though. Then add a pat of butter, stir. Then add milk until creamy/thinner/the consistency you prefer. Also, we would often use maple syrup instead of sugar (super yum) Or Brown Sugar was ALWAYS better than the white sugar!!

Another thing that is super awsome is if you have a baby or toddler, you can feed it the normally prepared way, but especially cool is that you can pur the prepared Farina into a shallow glass dish and let it cool. Then cut it into cubes for the toddler. High on iron and easier for them to eat (less messy). Also, it introduces them to different textured food. Very cheap as well! You may want to coat pan in butter or cooking spray 1st, so the cubes come out easy.